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Photograph collections

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:

Peale photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0010
Abstract

This collection contains photographic reproductions of artwork which are mostly portraits of and by Charles Willson Peale family members, including paintings, drawings, silhouettes, and photographs. Negatives may originally have been made for a 1923 exhibit of Peale paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Dates: 1920

Philip B. Perlman photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0147
Abstract

This collection consists of individual and group portraits of Philip B. Perlman with noted Maryland legislators and political thinkers. Individuals include H. L. Mencken, Governor Albert C. Ritchie, Senator George L. Radcliffe, and Adjutant General Henry M. Warfield. The dates of the collection span 1917-1952.

Dates: 1917-1952

Philip H. Goodman photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0104
Abstract

This collection includes photographs collected by Philip H. Goodman, documenting his political career as a Baltimore, Maryland Mayor and City Council member and United States Senator.

Dates: 1949-1969

Photographic views of Baltimore

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0174
Abstract

Photographic views of Baltimore contains images of some of the city's historic sites photographed by William Henry Weaver (1825-1913). Many of the sites are located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.

Dates: 1863-1886

Plimhimmon Hotel photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0038
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Plimhimmon Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland. Included are views of the lobby, music room, ballroom, dining room, and guest rooms. Photos of hotel guests include an 1884 bathing group and guests playing indoor badminton circa 1940.

Dates: 1884-1940

Potthast Brothers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0007
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of furniture made by the Potthast Brothers Company, unidentified family portraits, crews of the Bremen Line ships, Baltimore shipping and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Pier, and ships Lynata and Shawmut. Other subjects are the Knights of the Maccabees in regalia and soldiers of the Spanish-American war.

Dates: 1900

Radcliffe photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0039
Abstract

This collection contains 1 box of photographs collected by George Radcliffe that show scenes of the Susquehanna Railroad Bridge under construction. There are also two photographs of the residence of Dr. William L. Larkin of Baltimore.

Dates: 1865-1970s

Ranft collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3008
Abstract

The papers in the Ranft Collection span the years 1943 to 1976, with the bulk of the collection falling between the years 1948-1962. The collection consists of letters, news articles, financial records, travel information, interviews, and over a hundred photographs. The collection has been arranged around Joseph and Adele Ranft.

Dates: 1943-1976; Majority of material found within 1948-1962

Richard Childress photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0177
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs taken by Baltimore Sun photographer Richard Childress. Childress worked at the Sun from 1961 until his death in 1984. He covered virtually everything newsworthy for the paper over his more than two decade career: protests, sports, social and cultural events, politics, automobile accidents, house fires, fairs, festivals, and parades, military events, and more.

Dates: 1958-1984

Richard Q. Yardley collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3210
Abstract

The Richard Q. Yardley collection consists of printed material, artwork, photographs, and artifacts relating to Baltimore Sun illustrator and cartoonist Richard Q. Yardley (1902-1979).

Dates: 1935-2002